Flying-machine.



L. HINZ & R. KOCH. FLYING MACHINE. APPLICATION FILEDJUNE26.1917.

1,295,751. Patented Feb. 25, 1919.

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FLYING-MACHINE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 25, 1919.

Application filed June 26, 1917. Serial No. 177,055.

To (ZZZ whom it may) concern: I

Be it known that we, LEO Hmz, a sub ect of the Emperor of Germany, residing at I maintain the equilibrium of detached- Perth Amboy, in the county of Middlesex and State of New Jersey, and ROBERT Kocn,

a subject of the Emperor of Germany, residing at New York city, N ew York and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements "gether by the vertlcal struts 11 and between in FlyingMachines; and we do hereby deit appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to air-ships and more particularly to that type using a plurality of individual planes so disposed as to the craft at all times While in flight.

It has for an object to provide a struc ture having the center of gravity properly disposed with respect to the planes surfaces.

A further object of this invention is the provision of a plurality of individual planes symmetrically disposed with respect to the center of gravity .of the craft, and having a smaller independent plane disposed above the center of librium of the craft in its descent.

A further object of this invention is theprovision of an air-ship having a relatively with sustaining planes carried;

long frame, near each end thereof, a motive agent carried by said frame at the lower central portion thereof, a stabilizing plane above said frame between the front and rear sustain.- ing planes, and propelling means comprising propellers fore and aft for pushingand pulling the craft when in flight.

Further objects will be apparent from the following specification, claims and drawings, in which' Figure 1 is a perspective view of a craft constructed in accordance with this invention,

Fig. 2 is a sideelevation thereof,

Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the planes showing the controlling means therefor, and

Fig. 4 is a side elevation of a slightly modified form. I

This invention discloses a construction for an air-ship in which protection is afforded in the descent of the craft should anythinghappen to the motive power while in flight,

and this result is accomplished by having a 1n the county of I nected by a shaft 21 and through the clutches gravity to maintain the equi- I tremities thereof and pass over the braces 30 secured to the bars 10. The several susand 34. The rear planes are provided with .struction will be-disclosed from the following description, reference being had to. the drawings in whichlO indicates the longi- I tudinal bars of a frame which are tied to-- frame members 12 and 13. This framesupports the bearings 14 for the propeller shafts l5 and 16, andon these shafts are mounted the pulling propeller l7 and the pushing propeller 18, which are driven by the internal combustion engines 19 and 20. The shafts 15 and 16 are conthese bars and struts are the supplemental 22, it is possible. to haveboth engines drive both propellers simultaneously or either engine can drive both propellers or either propeller individually. This permits either engine assisting the other engine in starting, should anything occur while in flight. I The frame supports the sustaining planes 23, 24, 25, and 26 which are quite similar in construction, in having their forward edges elevated as by the colunms .27 and their rear edges on a .line with the upper faces of the longitudinal bars 10. These planes'are braced by the wires 28 and 29 which are secured to the planes near the extaining planes have stabilizers 31 secured therein near the ends thereof, and these stabilizers are actuated by the cables 32, 33

the elevating rudders 35 which are actuated I by the cables 36, 37 and 38. The planes support the frames 39 and 40, which receive guides for the cables 32, 34, 36 and 38 respectively. A vertical rudder 41 is mounted on one of the vertical struts 11 and this rudder has the lateral extensions 42 therefrom to which the steering cables 43 are. attached. I p The supplemental frame 12 supports a movable seat 44 and the function of this movable seat is that as lateral movement is given to the seat by the operator, tension is exerted upon the cables 34 to either side of the seat to vary the relative position of the stabilizers 31 at both ends of the planes. As tension is, exerted on either of. the sets of cables 34:, the other set of similar cables is -slackened so that through the tension of the taut cables 34, the cables 33 and the cables 32, the desired rocking motion of the stabilizers may be had. It is understood that these cables will be passed through the desired forms of pulleys or eyelets as the cables may require. Steering posts 45 are carried by the supplemental-frame, and these steering posts support the steering wheels &6 and 47 and at their lower ends, the sprocket wheels 47 and 48. Sprocket wheel 4-7 re ceives a chain which has the ends of the cables 36 and 38 attached thereto so that the steering wheel 4:6 will control the relative position of the elevating plane 35, and the sprocket wheel 48 receives a similar chain which has the ends of the cable 43 attached thereto so that the steering wheel a7 serves to actuate the vertical rudder for controlling the lateral course of the craft.

Above that portion of the frame between the front and rear planes, is placed an enlarged stabilizing plane 50 which is supported by the standards 51 and 52, and the function of this plane is to cause the craft to settle in upright position should anything happen to the motive power of the craft, serving somewhat as a-parachute.

It is understood that all of the parts of the frame and structure will be braced by the necessary guy wires, and when the airship is built in large sizes, the necessary braces 53 will be secured to the under face of the 1 frame to receive the guy wires or other braces 54.

Frames 55 are secured to the under face of r the frames 10 and 11, and these depending framessupport the wheels 56, or pontoons where -1t is desired to form a hydroplane. In Fig. 4, the frame is shown as inclosed to form a cabin 57 and the supporting frames 55 carry-pontoons 58.

Various modifications may be made in View of the foregoing without departing fromthe spirit of this invention, and no limitation is implied by the showing of the drawings herewith.

Having thus described this invention, we claim;

1. In an airship of the class described, an elongated frame, sustaining planes carried thereby, said sustaining planes being arranged in pairs at the ends of said frame, elevating planes carried by some of thesustaining planes, a rudder carried by said frame, propellers carried by said frame,

motors for said propellers carried by said frame at the center of the lower portion of said frame, connections between said motors and propellers for driving said propellers, a movable seat carried by said frame, ailerons carried by said planes, connections between said movable seat and said ailerons, actuating shafts carried by said frame for rudder and elevating planes,,connections between said shafts and said rudder and elevating planes, and a stabilizing plane carried by said frame above the center of gravity of said structure to maintain the equilibrium of the structure in its descent.

2. In an airship of the class described, an elongated frame, sustaining planes carried transversely thereby adjacent the forward and rear ends thereof, pyramidal frames carried by said elongated frame above and driving shafts in axial alinement carried by I said elongated frame, driving chains between said shafts and motive elements, propellers carried by said shafts beyond the ends of said elongated frame, and a stabilizing plane above said prime motive element and the center of gravity of said airship.

In testimony whereof we ailix oursignatures.

' LEO HINZ.

ROBERT KOCH. 

